Legal aid information booth in Gaibandha district court helping marginalised people seek timely justice Raheela Akhter, a young mother and divorcee who sought assistance from Friendship's paralegals. ©Friendship by Tahmeed ChaudhuryJanuary 24, 2023 Raheela Akhter, 22,...
A series of testimonials on two decades of work in the most unaddressed communities in Bangladesh The Friendship cyclone shelter in Kuakata, which serves the climate-affected communities of the coastal south of Bangladesh. ©Friendship Friendship News DeskDecember 26,...
A Friendship Climate Action Intern from the UK recounts her experiences with some of the most climate-impacted communities in Bangladesh Ellie Kimber speaking to Shojina about the climate impacts she is facing every year. ©Ellie Kimber/Friendship by Ellie...
by Tahmeed Chaudhury,December 26, 2022 The 27th conference of the parties, otherwise known as COP27, has recently drawn to a conclusion. The two-week-long summit, held in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt went into overtime before coming to an end on November 20. Leaders from...
Le réveil des consciences et l’esprit d’entraide des humains seront-ils suffisants contre la crise climatique et écologique qui est en passe de rendre notre planète inhabitable ? (English version below) – Projection du film LEGACY de Yann Arthus-Bertrand à...
A Night of Traditions, a fashion show by Friendship Colours of the Chars to celebrate 20 years of Friendship, and the advent of slow fashion. The designers and prominent model, Mou (second from left) wearing an exquisite cultural dress made out of silk. ©Friendship by...
Friendship schoolchildren define dignity through their creative expression as part of twentieth-anniversary celebrations. by Tahmeed ChaudhuryDecember 7, 2022 How would dignity look on a canvas? On Global Dignity Day 2022, artist Ehsan Protik, founder of creative...
by Runa KhanDecember 7, 2022 On the twentieth anniversary of our founding, I cannot help but think back on where we started, how far we’ve come, how strongly with dedication we have grown, and also on our hopes for the future. At the turn of the millennium the world...
20 things that make Friendship the organisation that it has grown to be by Raeed Abd-Allah ChowdhuryNovember 6, 2022 Since its inception, Friendship has had to innovate to meet the requirements of the unique geo-logistical, socio-economic, and environmental challenges...
by Kazi Amdadul HoqueNovember 7, 2022 On the bank of river Kholpetua in Bangladesh, a man sits still, his eyes fixated in the direction of the branches of a mangrove tree near the largest mangrove forest in the world, the Sundarbans. The searing heat does not move...